noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A law enacted by a legislative body. countable
2. 2
   the body of laws created by legislative statutes wordnet
3. 3
   The complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and currently in effect within a jurisdiction. uncountable

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bodies of lawcivil lawscodified body of lawcodified lawcodified statutecurrent body of law

Antonyms

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canadian common lawcommon lawsconstitutional law of norwaycustomary law framework